Healthy Community

04 Aug It’s Good for me and my Whanau

Posted at 08:32h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Marae participation as a springboard for oranga The Atiawa ki Whakarongotai Charitable Trust recently instigated qualitative research to better understand the notion of iwi connectedness and the link with oranga. This paper reports of the findings of that research, which examined how connectedness is understood by...

01 Aug Obesity is Like a Kererū on Berries

Posted at 13:41h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Te Miri Rangi shares views on Obesity from a Māori perspective "The lesson here is in order to avoid an early trip to the hāngi pit, intermittent fasting and reducing the ‘berries’ in your life will help you trim down and dodge that bird’s snare! Times of...

01 Aug Are we Feeding our Manuhiri to Death?

Posted at 12:39h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Te Miri Rangi (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is the founder and author of Whakapapa Fridays, a blog dedicated to sharing a Māori perspective on health, physical activity, nutrition and wellbeing. He has a background in the delivery of health, sport and recreation initiatives underpinned by a Māori philosophy, and is...

14 Jul Physical Activity and Healthy Ageing: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies

Posted at 12:52h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Older people constitute a significant proportion of the total population and their number is projected to increase by more than half by 2050. This increasing probability of late survival comes with considerable individual, economic and social impact. Physical activity can influence the ageing process but...

04 Jul Health benefits of swimming

Posted at 09:14h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Swim England has released a comprehensive new report detailing the health benefits of swimming for individuals, communities and population health. Swimming regularly has considerable health and wellbeing benefits in comparison to people who do not engage in swimming. Key findings Water-based activity has specific advantages over land-based...

26 Jun Six day meal plan showcasing traditional Indian foods available in New Zealand

Posted at 12:29h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This six day meal plan gives a visual idea of six days of healthy meals a healthy for Indian people living in New Zealand. It shows examples meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner by showcasing traditional Indian foods available in New Zealand....

26 Jun Understanding Indian Food

Posted at 11:59h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This is an useful summary of Indian food and provides a broad overview of the cultural background to Indian food choices....

26 Jun Kids’ Choice menu endorsement programme

Posted at 11:49h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Kids’ Choice is a menu endorsement programme run by the Heart Foundation for food services that offer healthier choices to children. Recipes on children’s menus that meet our criteria will be eligible to have the Kids’ Choice logo (above) printed next to them on the...

26 Jun Food Literacy: What does food Literacy mean for Samoan Families?

Posted at 10:53h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

A thesis submitted by Hoy Neng Wong Soon to the Auckland Univeristy of Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science (2016) looking at what food literacy means for Samoan Families....

19 Jun Healthy Families Manukau, Manurewa Papakura

Posted at 11:06h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

A huge portion of our community’s time is spent at work. This environment has great potential to influence our health and wellbeing. From having more energy and feeling happier at work, workplaces are an ideal place to support and promote healthy habits and contribute to...